Pemaparan: Salah Satu Rekomendasi “

Rewe’ Sipulung Soppeng 2003

” diKonferensi ICID Kuala Lumpur;

“Strategi Pengembangan dan Pengelolaan Irigasi Berbasis ‘Agro –Landscape’, Berkelanjutan, dengan Rujukan Khusus DaerahSoppeng”:

Oleh: A Hafied A Ganygany@hafied.org

Gambar Atas: A. Hafied A. Gany sedang memaparkan salah satu rekomendasi

“Rewe Sipulung 2003”

padaKonferensi Regional Asia, Kuala Lumpur, 12 September 2006. Gambar Bawah: Dokumen terkait dengan Rewe’Sipulung 2003”. (Foto: Istimewa)

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Seperti diketahui bahwa, pada seminar sehari ‘Rewe Sipulung 2003’ “RS-2003 -lihat artikel:http://gany.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/kenangan-rewe-sipulung-2003-disambut- pemkab-soppeng-dengan-pesta-rakyat/, ada 10 pemakalah dan dua pembicara kunci yangmemaparkan thema umum “Perspektif Pengembangan Kabupaten Soppeng dalam Rangkamensukseskan Otonomi Daerah”. Setelah dua tahun berselang, kami mengangkat salah saturekomendasi “RS-2003” berkenaan dengan wacana Strategi Pengembangan dan PengelolaanIrigasi berbagai Agro-landscape Berkelanjutan, sebagaimana makalah di bawah ini, pada:Konferensi Regional Asia untuk

ICID

di Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, 12 September 2006 (LihatMakalah Berbahasa Inggeris di bawah – Bahasa Indonesia bisa di lihat di

Proceeding

– ISBN:979-96442-2-4). Semoga suatu saat ada seseorang yang mengambil prakarsa untuk menindaklanjuti wacana ini. Kami sebagai generasi manula, siap membantu dari belakang.1

PLANNING STRATEGY FOR IRRIGATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLEAGRO-LANDSCAPES

(A Case Study of Regional Development Planning of the Soppeng Autonomous Regency, SouthSulawesi Province, Indonesia)

By: A. Hafied A. Gany

ABSTRACT

Through a series of experiences on the country’s development, Indonesia has beenencountered by a number of problems on the provision of adequate food supply for its rapid growing population. The underlying food security program has been hampered by the dilemma for maintainingsustainable rice production on the one hand, while keeping pace with the increasing populationgrowth. Irrigation development is also constrained by the rapid expansion of human settlement andindustries, as well as the inappropriate land uses, and poor maintenance of the existing irrigationinfrastructures.This paper discusses the general overview of planning strategy of water resources andirrigation by making use of six interlinked strategies: (1) the planned production for balancing of production and marketing; (2) comprehensive planning for land allocation and utilization; (3) orderlyapplication of Agriculture Technology; (4) management of agriculture business; (5) forestalling of pollution in agriculture to maintain sustainable agro-environment; and (6) conservation of naturalresources. The analysis approach employs integrated agricultural development scenario in the contextof agribusiness agro-tourism and sustainable ago-landscapes. To give a concrete configuration of theanalyses, a special reference has been based upon the “Regional Development Planning of theSoppeng Autonomous Regency, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia”.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

With all the irrigation based resources potentials owned by the Soppeng Regency, there are a number of strategic alternatives that could be developed in line with the regional autonomy policy. These aredevelopment and management of water resources and irrigation in the context of Agri-business, Agro-industry, Agro-tourism, and Eco-tourism, while achieving sustainable Agro-landscapes. The planningstrategy should be based on the premise that land utilization is a non-separable linkage with the production function, post-production processing, manufacturing and marketing as well as R&D and breeding activities. The linkage is a compound of water resources development with integratedsupport of quality agriculture in one side and irrigation based agricultural enterprise, eco-tourism, aswell as leisure agriculture on the other.From series of irrigated-agricultural based development options, it is concluded that SoppengRegency, from various water related sectors are having enormous potential for sustainable irrigatedagriculture with appropriate balance of quality agriculture, leisure agriculture, as well as eco-tourism.With an appropriate implementation of irrigation based development strategy -- conducive to markets,suitable land use, conducive to tradition, culture and indigenous technology -- it is expected that theSoppeng Regency with the value added multi-functionality productions and manufacturing in terms of quality agriculture, agro-industries and agribusiness through a highly competitive marketing, would be able to bring this Autonomous regency into a prosperous agricultural area. These all, are theoutcomes from effective role of irrigation and its externality functions for securing agricultural productivities without scarifying environment and sustainable agro-landscapes.

Keywords:

Irrigation Planning, Agribusiness, Agro-Tourism, Agro-Landscapes

A. Hafied A. Gany, Ph.D., A Senior Water Resources and Irrigation Specialist, Ministry of PublicWorks, Republic of Indonesia; The Incumbent Vice President of INACID for Foreign Affairs; andPresident of Indonesian INPIM (INPIM-INA). INACID, Jl. Pattimura No. 20, Perc. No.7, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, 12110 – INDONESIA, Telp: 021-723 0317; Fax: 021-726 1956.

http://www.hafied.org;www.inpim-ina.org; gany@hafied.org; gany@inpim-ina.org;indonecid@kimpraswil.go.id

I. INTRODUCTION1.1. Salient Features of Water Resources and Irrigation in Indonesia

Approaching the Third Millennium, Indonesia has been encountered by a number of problems on the provision of food supplies for its rapidly growing population. Today, the population of Indonesia (215Million in 2004) has exceeding the projected figure and yet still growing at the rate of about 1.5 to-1.7% annually. Meanwhile, the underlying food security program has been hampered by the dilemmafor maintaining sustainable rice production on the one hand, while keeping pace with the escalating population growth on the other.At the period of Five-Year Development program earlier in 1969 up to 1990’s, irrigationdevelopment was concentrated on physical reconstruction and rehabilitation of the deterioratedinfrastructures. During which, the focus on the achievement of physical and technical development,led to insufficient attention on the non-structural aspects of irrigation.Earlier in 1987, the government started to put more attention on O&M of irrigationinfrastructures by introducing participatory irrigation management approach. Subsequently, after morethan a decade, a policy reform on water resources and irrigation has been implemented since 1999.

1.2. General Condition of the Study AreaSalient Features:

The Soppeng Autonomous Regency is located in the vicinity of WalanaE River Basin Area marked with rolling highland plain and mountainous territories, with an average altitude between + 60.00 m and + 200.00 m above the MSL. (Located between 4

42’ and 4

32’ SouthLatitude; 119

42” 18’ and 120

06” 13’ East Hemisphere, with a total area of 1.500 km

). The capitaltown of Soppeng Regency is Watan Soppeng, located at about 120 m above MSL

(Source: StatisticBureau of Soppeng Regency, 2002).

Population and Work Forces:

By the end of 2003, the overall population of Soppeng Regency about235,000 people with an average population density of 146.60 people per km

. About 4.77% of the population employed in industrial sector; 0.98% in building and construction industries; 12. 86% intrading sector, restaurant and hotel business; about 2.83% worked on inland transportation andcommunication; some 12.10% worked on social and public services as well as entertainment business;and the majority or about 66.23% worked on Agricultural Sector

(Source: Statistic Bureau of Soppeng Regency, 2002)

Land Resources:

The total land area of Soppeng Regency is 150,000 ha consists of: (1) Paddy fieldat 24,925 ha; (2) House yard (building and land) at 2,955 ha; (3) Upland agriculture (garden andorchard) at 25,111 ha; (4) Hilly land at 2,445 ha; (5) Cattle grazing/Grass land at 1,120 ha; (6) Lakearea at 3,000 ha; (7) Dry land, temporarily fallow at 1,471 ha; (8) Dry land for community owned